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Australia’s Off-Grid Solar Potential: Rural and Urban The growth of residential solar power in Australia is well documented. There are currently 1 million homes, and counting, that have installed solar panels on their rooftops. However, even after making the “switch to solar,” nearly all of these solar homes are still dependent on the

Solar Output Matches Peak Demand… Even Better In Australia All distributed energy sources, such as wind, hydropower, tidal power, and solar, follow a general schedule in their respective power output. We often hear that wind tends to perform best at night, hydropower is relatively stable, tidal power follows the schedule of the tides, and

Using Hydrogen Atoms to Improve Solar Cells Cost and efficiency have always been two of the most important factors in the development of solar power. Solar PV remains a competitive and growing market, and cost reductions and efficiency improvements are crucial to any firm’s growth. The Discovery Recently, Australian scientists working at the

Comparing Australia’s Solar Capacity to the Rest of the World Australia is one of the best countries in the world for solar power. The most obvious reason is the abundant solar resource throughout the country. A lesser-known fact is that Australia is second to only Germany in total system costs for solar power. In

Looming Price Increases For Solar Panels As solar power continues to progress down its learning curve we have experienced consistent reductions in total system costs. However, this trend is becoming increasingly unstable. In this post we focus on two looming issues – raw material costs and increased demand from new markets – that may

NSW’s electricity infrastructure and its high cost of repair and upgrade. We look into Australia’s electricity distribution infrastructure and how it affects the price of electricity now and into the future. There are a variety of reasons for electricity price increases, many of which do not relate to the wholesale cost of energy. Wholesale energy